“We’re in the middle of a gig at the Palladium in Los Angeles, there’s 4000 people there, and this bloke is walking around on the stage as we’re playing. I’m like, ‘What the hell is going on?’”: How INXS got their big break in the ’80s

INXS in 1984.

In 1984 a funny thing happened to INXS when they were performing in LA – and it led to their greatest success.

By that time the Australian band had started to make an impression in the US. The single Original Sin, produced by Nile Rodgers, was a minor hit, as was the parent album The Swing.